Quotes

A little government and a little luck are necessary in life, but only a fool trusts either of them. - PJ O'Rourke

Avoid worriers. they are haters of liberty and loathers of individuals. they wish to politicize everything. - PJ O'Rourke

Giving money and power to government is like giving whiskey and car keys to teenage boys. - PJ O'Rourke

If we're looking for the source of our troubles, ... we should test people for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. - PJ O'Rourke

If you think health care is expensive now, wait until you see what it costs when it's free. - PJ O'Rourke

Imagine if all of life were determined by majority rule. Every meal would be a pizza. Every pair of pants, denim. - PJ O'Rourke

Entreprenchief collectivism: when the system that elected the prom queen at your high school is in charge of your whole life - PJ O'Rourke

"Everybody wants to save the earth; nobody wants to help mom do the dishes." - PJ O'Rourke

Never let the people with all the money and the people with all the guns be the same people. - PJ O'Rourke

No drug, not even alcohol, causes the fundamental ills of society. If we’re looking for the source of our troubles, we shouldn’t test people for drugs, we should test them for stupidity, ignorance, greed and love of power. - P.J. O’Rourke

People who are wise, good, smart, skillful, or hardworking don’t need politics, they have jobs. - P.J. O’Rourke

Politicians are interested in people. Not that it is always a virtue. Fleas are interested in dogs - PJ O'Rourke

"The government is huge, stupid, greedy and makes nosy, officious and dangerous intrusions into the smallest corners of life - PJ O'Rourke

"The three branches of government: money, television, and bullshit" - PJ O'Rourke

When buying and selling are controlled by legislation, the first things to be bought and sold are legislators. - PJ O'Rourke

When politics are used to allocate resources, the resources all end up being allocated to politics. - PJ O'Rourke